What motivates farmers to participate in the Nova Scotia environmental farm plan program? Evidence and environmental policy implications

Understanding stewardship behaviour: Factors facilitating and constraining private water well stewardship

“…As is the case in numerous other studies of environmental stewardship (e.g., Atari et al, 2009;Ryan, 2009;Gill et al, 2010), this study found that personal motivations are important factors influencing groundwater stewardship. Some respondents claimed that nothing could be done to encourage them to routinely examine their wells, while others noted that they were only examining their wells on a reactive basis.…”

“…Financial assistance for stewardship behaviour in rural areas has been found to be important in other settings. For example, Atari et al (2009) demonstrated that low-income farms were less likely to take part in conservation programs than highincome farms. This suggests that while some well owners may not want to pay, others cannot afford to decommission their wells.…”

Result-oriented agri-environmental schemes in Europe and their potential for promoting behavioural change

“…As the farmer is now selling a public good, access to information about the farm must be made available, increasing the risk of public disclosure of incriminating information about farm management practices (Haaren and Bathke, 2008;Atari et al, 2009). …”

Regularization of Legal Reserve Debts: Perceptions of Rural Producers in the State of Pará and Mato Grosso in Brazil

“…These studies include a broad range of topics, including deforestation restrictions (SCHMIDT; MCDERMOTT, 2015), forest restoration (GONÇALVES; GOMES, 2014), agroenvironmental measures (GUILLEM; BARNES, 2013;SCHROEDER, 2011), participation in environmental governance (ATARI et al, 2009;DAVIES;HODGE, 2006;DEFRANCESCO et al, 2008;GREINER;GREGG, 2011) and maintenance of ecosystem services (POPPENBORG; KOELLNER, 2013;VIGNOLA et al, 2010). These studies observe various factors that influence the rate and extent of the adoption of conservation practices by rural producers, including (1) economic and financial factors (e.g.…”